Comment made on 29/01/2007 TBF. I'll be honest, when he got 2 hundreds in Bangladesh on the next India tour after that, I thought it might be a nice way to bow out... but after the England tour, I could tell the old Tendulkar was starting to come back.

So inspite of playing significantly lesser matches due to age, his numbers are still right up there with players who are considered as the top batsman in this decade and has carved himself a nice enough argument for being the top batsman in this decade too.